English-Thai Dictionary

whiten

VI กลายเป็น สี ขาว  ขาว  pale white klai-pen-se-kao

 

whiten

VT ทำให้ ขาว  ทำให้ เป็น สี ขาว  tam-hai-kao

 

whitener

N สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ขาว  สารที่ ทำให้ ขาว  sing-ti-tam-hai-kao

 

whiteness

N ความขาว  kwam-kao

 

whitening

N การ ทำให้ ขาว  กระบวนการ ทำให้ ขาว  การกลายเป็น สี ขาว  kan-tam-hai-kao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WHITEN

v.t.hwitn. To make white; to bleach; to blanch; as, to whiten cloth.

 

WHITEN

v.i.To grow white; to turn or become white. The hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

 

WHITENED

pp. Made white; bleached.

 

WHITENER

n.One who bleaches or makes white.

 

WHITENESS

n. 1. The state of being white; white color, or freedom from any darkness or obscurity on the surface.
2. Paleness; want of a sanguineous tinge in the face.
3. Purity; cleanness; freedom from stain or blemish.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WHITEN

Whit "en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Whitening. ]Etym: [OE. whitenen; cf. Icel. hvitna.]

 

Defn: To grow white; to turn or become white or whiter; as, the hair whitens with age; the sea whitens with foam; the trees in spring whiten with blossoms.

 

WHITEN

WHITEN Whit "en, v. t.

 

Defn: To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth. The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- See Blanch.

 

WHITENER

WHITENER Whit "en *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.

 

WHITENESS

White "ness, n. Etym: [AS. hwitness.]

 

1. The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface. Chaucer.

 

2. Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc. "The whiteness in thy cheek. " Shak.

 

3. Freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron.

 

4. Nakedness. [Obs. ] Chapman.

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A flock of swans.

 

WHITENING

WHITENING Whit "en *ing, n.

 

1. The act or process of making or becoming white.

 

2. That which is used to render white; whiting. [R.] Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

whiten

whit en |ˈ (h )wītn ˈ (h )waɪtn | ▶verb make or become white: [ with obj. ] : snow whitened the mountain tops | [ no obj. ] : she gripped the handle until her knuckles whitened. DERIVATIVES whit en er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

whiten

whiten |ˈwʌɪt (ə )n | ▶verb make or become white: [ with obj. ] : snow whitened the mountain tops | [ no obj. ] : she gripped the handle until her knuckles whitened. DERIVATIVES whitener noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

whiten

whiten verb the sun has whitened the pink towels: make white, make pale, bleach, blanch, lighten, fade.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

whiten

whiten verb snow whitened the mountain tops | her knuckles whitened: make /become white, make /become pale, bleach, blanch, lighten, fade, wash out, be washed out, etiolate; Brit. Military blanco; archaic white. ANTONYMS blacken, darken, colour.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

whiten

whit en /(h )wáɪt (ə )n /動詞 他動詞 …を白くする ; 〈歯磨き粉などが 〉〈歯 〉を白くする .自動詞 〈物が 〉白くなる .～er 名詞 C U 漂白剤, 白色染料 [塗料 ]; 白くする人 [物 ].

 

whiteness

wh í te ness 名詞 U 1 白さ .2 潔白 .

 

whitening

whit en ing /(h )wáɪt (ə )nɪŋ /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗白くする, ぴかぴかになる 〈歯磨き粉 効果など 〉.名詞 C U 漂白剤, 白くするもの (whitener ).